postcard: Qantas Empire Airways, Lockheed L-749 Constellation

Date:1970s
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds
Accession Number:2015.057.307
Dimensions:5 3/4 x 4 inches (14.6 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Postcard
airline: Qantas Empire Airways
aircraft: Lockheed L-749 Constellation
company: Lockheed
Description

Postcard issued by Drumahoe Graphics, depicting color reproduction of vintage poster promoting Qantas Empire Airways, circa 1949; color illustration depicting Lockheed L-749 Constellation in flight against starry night sky, with text, “In Australian skies / A new Constellation”; postcard number DGA 101.

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